Ellishadder () is a

crofting Crofting is a form of land tenure and small-scale food production particular to the Scottish Highlands, the islands of Scotland, and formerly on the Isle of Man. Within the 19th century townships, individual crofts were established on the bette ...

township, situated close to the north shore of the freshwater

Loch Mealt Loch Mealt is an inland fresh-water loch on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It lies close to Ellishadder and south of Staffin, on the eastern side of the Trotternish peninsula. Geography This roughly square-shaped loch is about 1 km in le ...

, on the

Trotternish Trotternish or Tròndairnis (Scottish Gaelic) is the northernmost peninsula of the Isle of Skye, in Scotland. Its most northerly point, Rubha Hùinis, is the most northerly point of Skye. One of the peninsula's better-known features is the Trot ...

peninsula of the island of

Skye The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (; gd, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or ; sco, Isle o Skye), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated b ...

, and is in the Scottish council area of

Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...

. Ellishadder is one of 23 townships making up the district area of Staffin. Mealt Waterfall with Kilt Rock, Isle of Skye

The Kilt Rock viewpoint is situated to the east of the township; it comprises sea-cliffs tall, made of

dolerite Diabase (), also called dolerite () or microgabbro, is a mafic, holocrystalline, subvolcanic rock equivalent to volcanic basalt or plutonic gabbro. Diabase dikes and sills are typically shallow intrusive bodies and often exhibit fine-grained ...

rock strata in many different colours."Kilt Rock, Staffin"
ukclimbing.com. Retrieved 25 July 2010. Kilt Rock has a waterfall, Mealt Falls, created from the outflow of Loch Mealt

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Populated places in the Isle of Skye {{Highland-geo-stub